Group Risk

HealthHero is stepping up its plans in the health & protection industry with a new initiative to tackle Covid-19, a senior appointment and further partnerships with specialist intermediaries. The primary care and...

The pandemic is causing a massive spike in depressive disorders including anxiety but underlying health conditions also seem to be getting worse too. Data from Infermedica, the artificial intelligence (AI) AI-based platform...

More than seven in ten workers in the UK feel that companies have a social responsibility for their staff, research has found. An increased role in staff welfare, wellbeing and overall happiness...

The British insurance industry is bolstering the UK economy with a massive £2.5bn claims payout – including £204m in protection claims – while the country gets to grips with the Covid-19 pandemic....

Aviva and Bupa have both formed independent partnerships with UK charity Macmillan Cancer Support. Aviva said its partnership aims to help its protection customers living with cancer get access to the emotional,...

Pay rises have fallen to their lowest level since summer 2020 and pay freezes now represent one-third of all pay awards, latest figures suggest. According to XpertHR’s latest provisional analysis, published this...

Life expectancy in the US fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, latest estimates show. Experts say the growing coronavirus pandemic is behind the drop to 77.8 years....

Businesses will have to find new ways of monitoring and managing sickness absence as a result of the pandemic, one of the country’s most senior scientists has said. As society adapts to...

A total of 65 MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease. And they have said workers who are suffering after...

DAM is the latest organisation to join GRiD, the trade body for the group risk industry. GRiD’s aim is to ensure members keep up to date with the latest group risk industry...